We use cookies to personalize content and ads and to analyze our traffic and improve our service I was a fifteen-year-old in Cuba when I first encountered the name Elías Barreiro and I was eager to learn new pieces for the guitar but the only way to reproduce written music in Cuba at that time was to copy it by hand Although the name Elías Barreiro was credited on every score I copied It turned out he had been erased from Cuba’s guitar scene and its culture when he emigrated from the communist island to the United States When I became a member of the guitar orchestra at the Escuela Nacional de Música in Havana a few years later I realized we were performing modern scores—unofficially “brought in from abroad”—that also carried the Maestro Elías Barreiro’s name as the arranger and adapter Fast forward to 2001: I had already been living outside Cuba for a decade and my musical career was in full swing when I came to New Orleans to perform I knew of his historic and artistic importance in popularizing classical guitar in Cuba and the US I couldn’t believe the Maestro had made time to come to my concert—I was excited to have finally connected with this missing link Maestro Elías invited me to join him as a guitar professor in the Music Department at Tulane University in New Orleans Now that Maestro Elías Barreiro has retired I am very pleased to have interviewed him at his home in Covington which we enjoyed with good Cuban coffee while talking about the guitar Narratives of Influence is a series where artists explore ideas of mentorship and the impact of distinct perspectives on a fractured world.Narratives of Influence is made possible with the support of an Anonymous donor and I’ll be turning fifty-five the same day JO What are you most grateful for in your life They are everything and have been everything in my life since I was a boy EB My three brothers and I were born in Santiago de Cuba my parents began planning to relocate to Spain as part of a program where Spaniards who had immigrated to Cuba could return—with all their moving expenses paid for by the government but then he got terribly sick with malaria The doctor thought he just might survive if we left Santiago de Cuba for anywhere else and by the time our bus arrived in Camagüey JO How old were you when you arrived in Camagüey and there was a conservatory only a block away from our house I used to go by myself to watch their free student festivals After I saw some girls performing on the piano But the piano is an instrument of the aristocracy JO Was anyone else in the family a musician I played the guitar because my father found one for seven or eight pesos in a warehouse in Camagüey; he said if I promised to never drink because a guitarrero—not a guitarrista—was a drunk I began learning the guitar by ear from Ruperto Carnesolta who was originally from Haiti and lived in Camagüey I learned around thirty pieces of music from him including caprichos and almost all of Francisco Tárrega’s stuff I studied with him until he said that he’d already taught me everything he knew I had thought sheet music was only for the piano That completely opened up a world I hadn’t even dreamed of JO You entered the conservatory to learn music when you were around seventeen or eighteen I had to be an autodidact and create a path for myself JO What else was the young Elías Barreiro doing in this moment EB I was seventeen when my father opened a new business which was still in the province of Camagüey back then JO Had the people at the party heard classical guitar before EB No one could believe that the guitar could play that kind of music What they knew were the folk songs and the popular music that drunks would play on the street JO Tell me what happened to you from there selling them parts that I’d ordered from Switzerland At one point I was able to acquire a Simplicio He traded it with me for a portable air conditioner I had in my car I was planning to leave Cuba when a friend of mine told me that the National Cultural Council was willing to pay me three hundred pesos to play six concerts a month I wound up performing more than two hundred concerts in Santiago de Cuba JO When did you start taking formal guitar lessons EB That began when I moved to Havana around 1963 but he expelled me when he discovered I was planning to leave Cuba JO How did you come to realize the world of the guitar was larger than what you knew when I was twenty-one or twenty-two and still living in Camagüey I went to Havana to see Andrés Segovia play at the Amadeo Roldán Theater He looked like he was ten feet tall—an enormous even if it was only to wash his feet in a basin of water washing his feet would have been a great joy JO Segovia was the most renowned and influential classical guitarists of his day and he was the person you respected most in the world JO How much time did you dedicate to the guitar when you were at this formative age I shouldn’t say this because it’s not dignified to speak highly of oneself When my teacher started teaching me “Capricho árabe,” he couldn’t believe it when I was able to play the whole song by the next class And that’s how it went until my teacher couldn’t teach me anything else JO So the greatest influence in your youth was Andrés Segovia EB Brouwer would have been about thirteen or fourteen years old when I met him in Havana around 1953 JO —because he was a child prodigy on the guitar Leo was living with his aunt because his parents died when he was very young she told me Leo was playing ball with his friends He didn’t want to come in to play guitar until his aunt explained that I’d come all the way from Camagüey and I began to see Leo a lot after I moved to Havana JO And how did you decide that you could no longer live in Cuba EB I’ll tell you the very short version of the story my five-year-old daughter came back from school crying so hard she couldn’t even speak JO Had you already been at odds with some of the things that were happening but the National Cultural Council was paying me well and from there the provincial council sent me out to different concerts the people were interested in classical music But many of the concerts were in little towns in the country where the people were often of very humble means JO Meaning they didn’t know anything about classical music forty minutes would be individuals saying things like: “Before this guitarist”—referring to me—”played in Havana for rich and privileged people here.” And the people would get to their feet So it was about extracting a product from someone EB Castro tried to organize the departure of Cubans who wanted to leave because he needed their houses and things He asked for a list of everyone who wanted to leave The ones with little children were the first to go and we were lucky because we only had to wait two years and were able to leave together JO What was it like for you during those two years EB Although I wasn’t on board with La Revolución I wasn’t vocal about it either because I’m not a rebellious person But many people still looked down on me after they learned that I wanted to leave the country I had a good relationship with a representative in Havana’s Committee for the Defense of the Revolution and I’d bring her food from my father’s farm—plantains stuff like that—that she’d hide behind her house JO She was essentially one of many informants who were reporting on their neighbors to the Cuban government EB The Caballito—which is what we called the government police—would speak with that representative to learn what was up with me and the parents had to stay behind for a year or two where we were provided with a simple house The US government helped us get settled by giving us two hundred dollars a month but eventually they wanted us to leave Miami because there were too many refugees from Cuba I thought of New Orleans because that’s where my children from my first marriage lived (laughter) And what happened once you arrived here I met a barber who told me that there was a Cuban man It turned out he lived about two blocks from me So one evening I went with one of my sons to visit him at his house but he invited me in because he was a decent person I told him that I was a guitarist and that When my application to leave Cuba was approved we were told we would be flying to the US the next morning so I left my guitars in the care of close friends thinking I might be able to return for them in a matter of months the only one I was able to recover was my Simplicio my son and I went to music stores where I would play by “testing out” guitars none of which I could afford to buy at the time when I borrowed that engineer’s guitar and started to play for him a Cuban woman who had been at Loyola University New Orleans for something like twenty years I got an invitation to play at a concert at Tulane organized by Peter Hansen who was at the center of classical music in New Orleans the first person to give a classical guitar concert in the city I started teaching at Tulane in January 1966 you went to Spain to study with Andrés Segovia Some of my neighbors threw a little fundraising party so that I could leave and so that the kids could eat while I was gone Of the dozens of students in the Música en Compostela program Segovia selected only nine of us to have classes with him Were you actually interested in learning from Segovia or did you just want to spend time with him EB I had done hundreds of concerts by then I returned to New Orleans with renewed energy That association with Seogiva helped me enormously you began organizing concerts and judging many contests When did you begin to connect with the whole international network of classical guitarists asked me to create the Classical Guitar Society of New Orleans I began inviting outside guitarists to play including Michael Lorimer and Michael Newman and Tulane helped me get the concerts going I’d ask the visiting musicians who else I should bring here did you have any ambitions to play with anybody who did chamber music including one at a chapel on Broadway that got so packed some people stood on the stage next to me Although it meant there’d be noise from the traffic we decided to play with the chapel’s doors open so everyone outside could hear the concert do you see how experiences like those impacted you as a musician It’s like the hen who follows the horse who carries a bag of corn: the bag has a little hole in it The hen sees it and follows the horse until it’s eaten its fill That’s what it was like for me: one kernel at a time JO Each little thing represents something in your career that you maybe didn’t notice at the moment but today they are wonderful memories and incredibly important to anything that I’ve achieved If I notice a student using a different fingering than I’ve taught them They might say that it feels better that way My version may be the best for me but not for everyone else JO Have your years at Tulane influenced you And do you think you’ve influenced your colleagues or the environment at Tulane It’s like the old saying: One hand washes the other But I’m archived at Tulane because I taught at Tulane reflect all the good influences of our own teachers it’s like you’re also giving the class for everyone who taught you in the past Segovia was always metaphorically by my side when I taught Gabriel Oller at the Spanish Music Center in New York City asked if I wanted to record an album for them they told me we’d nearly recorded enough for two records Then they said that with a little more we could make a third record JO (laughter) In addition to recording music you’ve also published a lot of musical scores Where did you get the concepts for transcriptions and arrangements like Las Danzas de Puerto Rico Danzas Cubanas of Ignacio Cervantes—which we have performed together—and Classic Guitar Solos on the Contradanzas Habaneras of Manuel Saumell Did people ask you to make those arrangements EB Everything that happened to me was a miracle That all started because I happened to be having a slow day at this small guitar shop I used to run in New Orleans so I was just writing music when this traveling book salesman from the Chas He asked if I was interested in publishing music with them that was like asking a hen if she wants corn Mel Bay solicited me to do the Danzas by Cervantes and the Contradanzas by Saumell there was a movie with Angelina Jolie and that Spanish guy— There was Cuban music in the background of the film and the guy organizing the music was from New Orleans and knew me He paid Mel Bay thousands of dollars for two pieces I’d made But Mel was such an honest person that he gave me half of the money and I wouldn’t have even known that this had happened Although I also studied in Cuba—under the influence of Leo Brouwer and Isaac Nicola—I was there in the ’80s What is the state of guitar now compared to how it was before EB The guitar today is as important as the piano or as the voice Each of them discovers their own technique because everyone wants to discover the world There was this lineage where Segovia’s students played like him now that there are very good guitarists everywhere do you feel the future looks good for the guitar JOReflecting on your life and how you have been able to make a living through music but everything I’ve achieved came about by chance The key is to not stay at home waiting for opportunity to knock on your door and I wonder how it’s possible that I have been given all this but you must always do the things that keep you alive JO Yet what I see from the outside is the logical consequence of hard work arrived when I just happened to be writing music JO What’s the most important thing for you right now Cachy and the kids are on my mind more than anything else Every morning I wake up thinking about what will become of Yolanda and Robert when I’m no longer here but I won’t be able to help because it’s me who’s going but it’s also hard when you see the end approaching So I want to toast you and that your health may last many more years I have to say that what has impressed me the most about you over the years is your sense of humor EB I like to see people laugh and be happy And one of the great things about this conversation is that we didn’t speak ill of anyone Cuban guitarist and producer Javier Olondo has recorded three critically acclaimed albums and has performed at festivals around the world He is a guitar professor at Tulane University the artistic director of the New Orleans International Guitar Festival and the leader of the Cuban band Javier Olondo & AsheSon Jack Rockwell is a literary translator and writer His cotranslation of Julia Kornberg’s Berlin Atomized was published by Astra House in December 2024 This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are 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people gain employment We build partnerships to increase the success of the clinics held in different locations in the county Many people have taken advantage of these clinics so they may gain employment What are the critical differences between you and the other candidates seeking this post Experience is a critical difference between my opponent and I I have served as the Kane County Circuit Clerk for nearly 4 years and served on the Kane County Board for eight years I worked in the Kane County Clerk's Office as well as the City of Aurora holding various positions in the City Clerk's Office Building and Permits and Community Development With these positions I gained administrative I have over 30 years experience in government Describe the other issues that define your campaign platform The success of the Circuit Clerk's depends on the working relationship with our judicial partners I have worked hard to establish a good working relationship with the Judges and the States Attorney I 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that still applies along with following state statutes My goal is to stay within budget and provide the best customer service with the resources we have Explain your attitudes toward fiscal policy government spending and how taxpayer dollars should be handled by your office I am sensitive to the budget and its impact on taxpayers The Circuit Clerk's office has come in under budget for the past three years This helps the office to do more with less reliance on local tax dollars What else would you like voters to know about yourself and your positions We received the Tyler Award for Excellence and participated in the Pilot Program with the State of Il for the SAFE-T ACT Our work was beneficial for other counties when the SAFE-T went into effect Do you think Illinois’s SAFE-T act/no cash bail has been effective The SAFE-T act had a bold vision but had unintended consequences Changes needed to be made to make the system fair Many tweaks have been made and will continue to be made In Kane 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Office Sought: Kane County Circuit Court Clerk whether for reelection or election for the first time Is there a particular issue that motivates you I was elected as the Kane County Circuit Clerk in 2020 I am running for reelection in order to continue the work that I began Four years is not enough so I am looking forward to another term to make the circuit clerk's office a model for others to follow Our office has been recognized for our good work and feedback has been positive I am motivated by the progress that has been made and look forward to future challenges When I was elected the office was thought of very negatively Tell us of any important initiatives you've led what would you bring to the board and what would your priority be I am proud of many initiatives that have been accomplished during my first term I tackled the big issue of an outdated computer system I worked with IT and our vendor to get several upgrades accomplished These upgrades provided the ability for remote access to information and created improved efficiencies There have been compliments from attorneys staff and the public who appreciate the improved functionality of the computer system I was confronted with a huge number of vacancies As a result we are more competitive and we are almost fully staffed We worked with our Kane County judicial partners to work on implementation of the SAFE-T Act Preparing for the SAFE-T Act required collaboration and analysis of the current processes and the required changes we served as a pilot program for the rest of the state to follow Created a drop box outside the building for those that can't make payments during office hours Describe your position regarding the allocation of resources in the clerk of the circuit court's office Are there capital expense or other budgetary items that the office must address Organizational changes were made in my first year followed by tweaks as needed No major changes are needed other than continuing with cross training We took care of some basic updating to the office Kane County is experiencing budget challenges and major capital expenses is not going to be realistic in the near future The biggest challenge the circuit clerk's office is facing is the budget The Kane County Board has considered cutting our budget by more than $1 million on top of reductions of 6% in the proposed 2025 budget These reductions will result in less staffing Authorized staffing was 126 in 2018 and is currently 109 The clerk's office provides clerks for 32 courtrooms which need administrative support by Illinois Statute Name one concrete program you’ll create or personnel move you’ll make to improve efficiency in the office or make it more successful Explain how it will be funded and how you will overcome any obstacles to initiating it One of my ideas to help create efficiencies was to cross train clerks to be able to work in several different courtrooms This will provide backups in the event of staff shortages This has been an arduous task but we are making great progress We combined the Civil and Criminal Teams to Court and Office Filling vacancies has helped move this initiative forward We also created a work from home team also cost neutral to the county That team has expanded with the increase of easy access through eFiling We received over $1 million in grants for microfilming and digitizing records we will be the first county in the state that has up to date digitized records This is more efficient for staff and the public I'm also looking into technology that would allow us not to rely on county ITD Describe your position on transparency in the office and the ease of access to records by the public what are they and how would you go about achieving them Information in the Circuit Clerk's Office is exempt from FOIA because we are under the judicial umbrella a lot of information can obtained online from our odyssey portal They can look up information from their personal computers or come to our viewing library We also initiated Defendant Access with our vendor With this someone can pay their fines easier online There will also be a kiosk in the courthouse to look up a case and pay on it similar to an ATM We expanded our hours at the Aurora Branch Court so the public won't have to come all the way to St I plan on expanding the hours at other locations throughout the county Fazenda Barreiro harvests organic coffee from its 80,000 trees Specializing in organic coffee, Fazenda Barreiro in Brazil produces some of the world’s finest coffee. “The secret of our harvest is to pick the coffee at its peak ripeness,” says João Paulo Capobianco, the co-owner of Café Lobo Do Serrote and Fazenda Barreiro Production manager Caique De Mello Domingues explains that the producers are selective with their harvesting going from plant to plant picking out only the ripe grains Unripe beans are separated out from the “float,” a.k.a beans that have started drying on the plant naturally and are further along in the drying process When unripe beans are not removed from the harvest and are dried and processed with the others the ripe beans and the float are washed and separated from one another before being sent off to dry “The real secret of all the coffee is how you dry it,” Capobianco says Fazenda Barreiro uses a unique natural fermentation process to dry their coffee done mostly by the yeasts already present in the coffee beans releases flavors from the coffee that a normal drying process would not The temperature of the fermented coffee is checked every 15 minutes and adjusted as needed they are sent through a machine that removes the husks which are then used as fertilizer to help produce new beans The hulled beans are sorted by by density and grain and a sample of each type of coffee is sent to a be tested by a roast master to be graded While most coffee sold on the market receives a score of around 70 points Fazenda Barreiro’s coffee will typically receive at least 84 Watch the latest episode of Vendors to learn how Fazenda Barreiro harvests and roasts some of the world’s best coffee The freshest news from the food world every day Celta Fortuna smiled again at home after beating Real Unión 2-1 in a match in which Fredi Álvarez’s pupils showed absolute dominance on the pitch the Celta subsidiary managed to come back in the discount of the first 45 minutes and take three points that renew confidence The match began with a clear superiority of Celta Fortuna Jordi Escobar and El-Abdellaoui were the main architects of an attack that repeatedly put the rival defense in check betting on a game of retreat and looking for the counterattack in a play in the vicinity of the Fortuna’s area Joseca suffered an injury that forced him to leave the field on a stretcher amidst the applause of the crowd the visitors took the lead with a goal by Sergio Benito who only had to push the ball after a measured pass from the former San Bartolomé Fortuna did not give up and six minutes of added time were enough for Fredi Álvarez’s team to materialize their dominance The equalizer came thanks to a cross by Antañón from the right that after Javi Domínguez’s attempted clearance The comeback came just a few seconds later and with the same stamp Antañón appeared again with a powerful shot that crashed against the crossbar but Jordi Escobar was able to take advantage of it to score the 2-1 just before the break insistently looking for that third goal of serenity Iván Garriel and Tincho continued to try their luck in front of goal who pushed Gael Alonso after protesting a possible penalty making it even more difficult for them to react Celta Fortuna managed to close the score 2 to 1 a result that gives morale to face their next match against Cultural Leonesa February 22 at 18:00h at the Estadio Municipal Reino de León Iván Garriel; Jones El-Abdellaoui (Ángel Arcos 75) with a straight red card and showed yellow cards to local players Miguel Román Incidents: Match corresponding to the twenty-fourth day of the First Federation played at the Campo Municipal de Barreiro unanimously approved the Triple Environmental License with NGO support Sigma Lithium has secured a Triple Environmental License for its Barreiro mine part of the Grota do Cirilo property in Brazil This achievement underpins the long-term operations and spodumene supply for the company’s Greentech Industrial Complex aligned with a 16-year Development Bank of Brazil (BNDES) financing term The unanimous approval of the Triple Environmental License was granted by the Chamber of Mining Activities of Minas Gerais Despite not requiring immediate mining at the Barreiro Mine Sigma Lithium has taken a proactive stance on environmental permitting The company commenced environmental assessment studies in January 2021 and applied for its environmental licence in July 2022 Sigma Lithium CEO Ana Cabral said: “We are very pleased to have received the construction installation and operation Triple Environmental License required for our Barreiro mine from the Mining Chamber of the State of Minas Gerais This licence provides us with the regulatory framework necessary for our future operations at Barreiro ensuring a consistent and reliable supply of lithium feedstock for years to come Don’t let policy changes catch you off guard Stay proactive with real-time data and expert analysis “We deeply appreciate the trust and confidence placed in us by the state of Minas Gerais to continue developing one of the world’s most sustainable lithium operations The unanimous approval of the Triple Environmental License is a testament to our years-long proactive community engagement activities with our future neighbours investing social capex well in advance of mining activities underscoring our unwavering commitment to sustainable and responsible mining practices.” Sigma Lithium has initiated social capex deployment collaborating with the Municipalities of Aracuai and Itinga to construct educational facilities and fund after-school programmes for local children through two NGOs The strategic acquisition of the Triple Environmental License positions Sigma Lithium for future growth and operational expansion at Barreiro Sigma Lithium produces Quintuple Zero Green Lithium The Greentech lithium beneficiation plant exemplifies state-of-the-art Earlier this month, Sigma Lithium reached its full production capacity with a record shipment of 27,500t of its Quintuple Zero Green lithium to IRH Global Trading in Abu Dhabi Give your business an edge with our leading industry insights View all newsletters from across the GlobalData Media network You may have seen "business administration" listed as a possible major But what exactly does business administration mean According to Mona Stephens associate dean of accounting and business analytics at Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) business administration refers to the management of business operations and decision-making processes to achieve organizational goals "It involves overseeing various functions such as marketing senior associate dean of business at Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) A good bachelor's in business administration program will help you gain skills in all of these areas Barreiro has held a variety of roles within business administration in both the health and wellness industry and higher education and notes that working in business administration requires quantitative skills and "soft skills" such as sharing ideas thinking strategically and producing creative solutions to problems Business professionals generally need at least a basic understanding of accounting human resources and information technology and they often specialize in a practice area People who are successful in business must also be effective communicators Business administration very frequently calls for working in teams and on collaborative projects "Clear communication with your team is essential to ensure everyone is on the same page and working towards the same objective," said Barreiro Handling the workload is only part of the challenge: being a team member your peers and supervisors can count on is a crucial part of business success If you're looking for a more specialized education in business SNHU's bachelor's in business administration offers a total of 16 concentrations to choose from If you already have a bachelor's and are considering an advanced degree, SNHU's Master of Business Administration (MBA) also offers a number of concentrations to choose from Explore the types of MBA degrees In the United States, business degrees — like a bachelor's in business administration — are one of the most popular type of degree programs for undergraduates. The National Center for Education Statistics reports that of the 2 million bachelor's degrees conferred in 2021–22, degrees in business were the most popular category Morgan Crandall '22 earned her Bachelor of Science (BS) in Business Administration online Both the course content and the communication she engaged in throughout her degree program have proven beneficial to her professional path "The value I got from the classes was incredible but the level of communication I had with my advisor and all my professors was something that I'm carrying into the workforce nowadays," Crandall said The increase in remote work over the past few years has greatly changed the way we all communicate a lot of our communications are over Zoom and phone calls .. to have kind of an elevated sense of communication with everybody that I learned at SNHU has been super valuable," she said Earning a bachelor’s degree in business administration can offer you many benefits, and provides the skills and knowledge to position yourself well in the job market. Indeed ranks business administration in the top five on its list of college majors in demand A strong foundation in business practices paired with relevant experience can make you an asset to almost any type of company or organization Whether you prefer interfacing with customers there's likely a job in business that fits you If you're a "people person," you might be interested in pursuing human resources If you love solving tough problems and coming up with strategies you might be interested in becoming a business analyst or consultant you might explore possible paths in accounting or data analytics "This degree (can open) doors to careers in virtually any industry offering flexibility and growth potential," Stephens said According to Stephens and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), some business occupations include: A degree in business administration could prepare you for a career working with data and statistics to make recommendations as a business analyst According to BLS, management analysts earned a median salary of $99,410 in 2023 with 11% growth projected by 2033.* Financial analysts help businesses and individuals make decisions about spending money to help them earn profits by studying the performance of stocks According to BLS, financial analysts earned a median salary of $99,890 in 2023 with an expected job growth of 9% between 2023 and 2033.* They inform applicants about employee benefits and place newly hired workers into jobs BLS reported that human resources specialists had a median salary of $67,650 in 2023 with an anticipated 8% job growth between 2023 and 2033.* Market research analysts evaluate consumer preferences to help companies understand what products people want who will buy them and what they are willing to pay In 2023, market research analysts earned a median salary of $74,680 with a predicted job growth of 8% between 2023 and 2033 a business administration degree can also prepare you to work as an operations manager running day-to-day operations of a business or organization BLS reports that operations managers earned a median annual salary of $101,280 in 2023.* Read more about what you can do with a business administration degree You might imagine business professionals working primarily in small just about every kind of organization has a need for professionals who can effectively manage business practices and resources Business administration professionals can work in many different fields and settings including businesses nonprofit organizations and in healthcare fields You could also explore business and management positions in sports construction or a variety of other industries And according to BLS data, several of the fastest growing occupations are business related.* For example: Crandall noted that her BS in Business Administration helped her before she even finished her program She was easily able to take what she was learning in her coursework and apply it to her job "I'm currently working at a consulting firm and I feel like I can already see all the ways my degree has been useful,” she said All of these possibilities mean that you can potentially use business administration as a pathway to work in almost any arena even finding a way to turn a passion into a career Whether you're looking to step up to a leadership role or make a complete career change or you're dreaming of one day starting your own business a degree in business administration is a versatile and flexible choice that can serve you well A degree can change your life. Find the SNHU business program that can best help you meet your goals *Cited job growth projections may not reflect local and/or short-term economic or job conditions and do not guarantee actual job growth Actual salaries and/or earning potential may be the result of a combination of factors including Alexa Gustavsen ’21 is a content facilitator and writer at Southern New Hampshire University. Based in New Hampshire, she completed her bachelor's in creative writing and English on campus at NH. Currently, she is pursuing her master's in marketing online at the university. Connect with her on LinkedIn accredited university with a mission to make high-quality education more accessible and affordable for everyone Founded in 1932, and online since 1995, we’ve helped countless students reach their goals with flexible, career-focused programs. Our 300-acre campus in Manchester, NH is home to over 3,000 students, and we serve over 135,000 students online. Visit our about SNHU page to learn more about our mission Jonathan Barreiro spoke before the trip to Tenerife where Unicaja will play tomorrow the 31st round against La Laguna Tenerife in an early game due to the presence of both teams in the Final Four of the BCL The feel-good factor continues for Benfica the Eagles saw off Famalicão with ease tonight at the Estádio da Luz running out 4-0 winners against the northerners who are now nine matches without a victory Luxembourger Leandro Barreiro had a match to remember The midfielder had never scored for Benfica before tonight but he netted a hat-trick of opportunist goals Orkun Kökçü put the icing on the cake with the fourth Andreas Schjelderup also continued his fine form with two assists The three points see Benfica draw level with Sporting at the top of the table ahead of the Lions’ trip to Vila do Conde to play Rio Ave tomorrow.  who is seeking a second term as Kane County circuit court clerk faces Republican challenger Anthony Catella on Nov discussed why she is seeking a second term during an interview with the Daily Herald Editorial Board Catella did not respond to an invitation to participate in the interview He also did not respond to the Daily Herald’s candidate questionnaire Catella wants to be clerk to ensure courts remain open and transparent to the public Barreiro said she is running again because her work improving the office is not finished Barreiro said two challenges she has faced were an outdated computer and file-management system The computer system has been updated now repeatedly And employee pay has been increased under two union contracts she negotiated huge milestone for the circuit clerk’s office because we could not even get applicants,” she said Barreiro also is proud of organizing clinics at which people can receive help applying to have convictions for low-level crimes She also set up a drop box outside the main office to accept payments for fines and child support Barreiro formerly was a Kane County Board member She previously worked in the Aurora city clerk’s office and the Kane County clerk’s office In videos recently posted on his Facebook page Catella did not discuss any specific issues “It will be my solemn duty to see that the courts of this circuit remain open to all.” At a League of Women Voters forum when asked what policies he would implement to maintain openness of records while ensuring security Catella said he would be able to do just as good a job as Barreiro and that he would depend on the staff’s expertise since he has not done the job before Catella said his experience as a former Catholic priest a teacher and a military veteran will be useful and teaches Constitution classes at One Life Co-School in Geneva Catella previously ran for the Republican nomination for the 14th District Congressional seat Vikings WR Justin Jefferson joined Dan Barreiro on KFAN live from the TCO Performance Center on Thursday Composer Tomás Barreiro gives Cinemacy an early invitation to listen to his latest score for the newly-released series La Máquina is a Mexican boxing drama that has already made history as Hulu’s first-ever Spanish language series Blending the familiar sounds and rhythm of Hispanic heritage music The Good Girls) creates a standalone soundtrack that brightly evokes the spirit of Mexico The six-episode series stars Gael García Bernal It is available to watch now on Hulu (U.S.) and Disney+ (Internationally) Esteban “La Máquina” Osuna (Gael García Bernal) is at a low point in his boxing career his manager and best friend Andy Lujan (Diego Luna) is determined to get him back on top But when a nefarious organization rears its head the stakes of this rematch become life or death Esteban must also juggle his demons and protect his family including his ex-wife Irasema (Eiza González) a journalist who finds herself on a collision course with the dark side of the boxing world The sampler features three tracks that cover the series’ thematic spectrum “Llegada De Felix” has a rhythmic drum beat that sounds similar to a traditional drum circle The second track titled “No Merecia Garnar” steers away from the heaviness of the drums and instead opts for lighter strings and piano The result evokes feelings of tingly anxiety or anticipation “Llegan A Feria” is a more classical composition It involves slower pacing with a more balanced orchestral tonality Says Barreiro of his creative intention behind the score: “La Máquina sequences needed 3 basic musical materials… hectic drums for Andy’s frenzy and a sarcastic almost shrine-like for Andy’s mother and their shallowness All that mixed with Latino flavors in drums and guitars make the score for La Máquina!” Born in Mexico City, Tomás Barreiro is a multidisciplinary composer whose work spans film, TV, theater, and live performances. In 2008, he was selected by renowned composer Steve Reich as one of four finalists for the prestigious Toru Takemitsu Composition Award in Tokyo. Reich gave Barreiro his seal of approval, stating he “has a very fine ear.” Certified fresh. For disclosure purposes, Morgan currently runs PR at PRETTYBIRD and Ventureland. David Barreiro, a 48-year-old adventurer from Sabadell, is about to face the biggest challenge of his life.  After climbing glaciers and cycling across the planet, he will start a two-legged journey of the Atlantic Ocean in November, between Huelva and Cancun, in a rowing boat that has no motor or sails, which he has built himself. Moreover, the plan is to cross the ocean alone and without stops.  In an interview with the Catalan News Agency (ACN) at a training session in the seas north of Barcelona, Barreiro says that "unpredictable" storms brought on by climate change are the biggest danger he faces.  Captivated by the feat of Andreu Mateu from Reus, who rowed across the Atlantic eighteen years ago, Barreiro began to come up with his own oceanic adventure during the pandemic. "I had time and it was a dream I had been putting off for years," he says.  The departure is planned for mid-November, and the exact date will depend on the weather forecast. His return home will be more than half a year later.  The first leg of the journey is expected to take three and a half months, but once in Mexico Barreiro will rest for at least a month to regain strength and fix possible damages to the boat. It’s expected that the outward route will be to the south, while the return route will be to the north, to take advantage of the currents of the sea.  The state of the sea and the possible storms that he may encounter are what worry him the most. “In a boat as small as that, which is always moving and is quite unstable, then coming across a rough storm is the biggest danger.” Physical and psychological aspects don’t worry him as much, on the other hand. As a mountain and ski guide in Nordic countries, he has already achieved various extreme challenges, but this will be the first big adventure on the sea. Mentally, he also feels prepared to face the "tough times" that may appear. "It's a small boat where you practically can't move and you have to use your time rowing," he explains.  His plan is to row for around 12 hours a day, including rest stops, which will let him establish a routine that will "occupy his mind" and help him to not falter. "There will be difficult moments, but at the end of the day I’ll be doing something I enjoy," he reflects. Another important preparation is food. Barreiro is preparing weekly food dietary regimes that he will store on the boat. These will be freeze-dried meals that take up little space, weigh little, and are easy to cook.  The boat is also equipped with a desalination plant to use the water from the ocean itself for drinking. In the months leading up to the November launch date, Barreiro will continue training on the Catalan coast, from his base camp at Port del Masnou, in the Maresme county north of Barcelona, while in October he will move his training south to Mar Menor, in Murcia. Get the day's biggest stories right to your phone 2024 at 12:10 pm CT.css-79elbk{position:relative;}Dan Barreiro will fill the Ward 1 aldermanic seat vacated by Emmanuel Llamas until the April 2025 general election was tapped as the next alderman for Ward 1 Mayor Richard Irvin announced Tuesday night will fill the seat vacated by former Alderman Emmanuel Llamas until the April 2025 general election City Council will vote on his appointment during the next meeting at 6 p.m "When you think of selfless service to the Aurora community certainly the name of Dan Barreiro is at the top of the list," Irvin said in a statement "Not only does he bring the experience of an elected official to the table but he also brings decades of institutional knowledge about the inner workings of city government coupled with his many volunteer roles in the community make him an ideal fit to serve as alderman of Ward 1 where he has lived for more than four decades Barreiro has served in myriad roles at Aurora City Hall he became an administrative assistant in the Mayor's Office in 1988 before holding titles including assistant director of personnel assistant finance director and assistant chief of staff He retired in 2021 after working as chief community services officer for 15 years "My learning curve will be short since I spent 35 years as a City of Aurora employee serving in many capacities under five different administrations," Barreiro said in a statement "My relationship with former and current elected officials on the east side is great I have had the opportunity to speak at various east side community groups as a City representative and school board member." He currently serves as the vice president of the East Aurora Board of Education having been first elected in 2017 and reelected in 2021 He will resign from the position to serve as alderman "This is a difficult decision for me since it requires me to step down from the East Aurora School Board," said Barreiro a school district's success is also dependent on quality of life A strong ward alderman can assist a school district with many of the external factors necessary for success." The appointed alderman has a bachelor's degree in political science with an emphasis in local government He holds a master's in public administration with an emphasis in urban management from Northern Illinois University Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts. Incumbent Kane County Circuit Court Clerk Theresa Barriero faces a challenge from Republican Anthony Catella in the general election who was elected in 2020 after serving on the Kane County Board for eight years She has tackled several challenges facing the circuit court clerk’s office resulting in the upgrade of an outdated computer system and offering more competitive salaries to better attract applicants and retain workers Her office served as a pilot program for the SAFE-T Act requiring collaboration and analysis of the current processes and the required changes During her tenure the office has offered expungement clinics designed to help those with low-level crimes on their records that could stand in the way of gaining jobs or housing and she hopes to offer even more in the future as well as keeping satellite offices open later and adding payment drop boxes for the convenience of the public Catella did not respond to requests for an interview with the Daily Herald Editorial Board and did not fill out a candidate questionnaire provides an exploration of this 1962 novel making connections to medicine today and advances in treatment for mental illness is a professor of internal medicine and health disparities scholar with the National Institutes of Health He is also the current section chair for pulmonary critical care and sleep medicine at Northeast Ohio Medical Universities but “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” actually echoes a children’s song which served as the origin for the 1962 novel one flew over the cuckoo’s nest,” cleverly cover a variety of themes—the difficulty of confinement the freedom enjoyed by birds far from the nest and the need for comfort Author Ken Kesey’s counterculture novel is a difficult read but its coverage of mental health disorders is and it advocates against the inhumane treatment of patients contrasting confinement against individualism representing and reflecting individuals in society as well as freedom and restraint nurture and how technological advances impact medicine “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” is a complex a self-centered but charming con artist who fakes psychosis to get admitted to a psychiatric institution who pretends to be mute to protect himself from society an action that denies him his human dignity Conditions within the hospital ward become a metaphor for society an institution against which the novel protests Many events contribute to Chief’s loss of self his attempts to speak to government officials go ignored as he witnesses his alcoholic father get deeper and deeper into his struggles He loses himself by not sustaining a connection with nature as the government confiscated his tribal homelands in the Columbia Gorge for public works Chief becomes frightened by the machine that sent white clouds of fog over the airfields obscuring his vision and making him feel alone Chief’s schizophrenia seems a reasonable response to the inhumanity he has suffered Chief is McMurphy’s principal disciple; at the end of the novel readers see a stunning transfer of power between the two Through Chief’s actions at the book’s conclusion the author presents the lesson that one must affirm life and directly face and confront risks and challenges in spite of social obstacles with exaggerated interplay between good vs The books’ protagonist (McMurphy) is a tough convict self-transferred from jail to an asylum because of wild McMurphy thinks asylum work will be easier than prison work which carries the extra attraction of being able to con a few inmates out of money McMurphy challenges the moral authority of Nurse Ratched fake smile to turn inmates against one another preying on their fears and weaknesses.  McMurphy counters her technique and provides a model of rebellion He defies authority openly while winning the admiration of inmates who slowly begin their own acts of defiance and independence McMurphy defies Nurse Ratched’s authority and manages to get away with it for a while McMurphy discovers that unlike most of the other inmates his admission was involuntary—and the only person who can determine who is fit to leave and live in society is Nurse Ratched McMurphy switches gears and gives other inmates a taste of freedom and self-empowerment He gets in trouble when he and Chief resist an orderly trying to force drugs on an unwilling inmate He begins to look more and more like the other inmates and McMurphy celebrates the occasion by having a party The novel’s characters are in line with Kesey’s sensibilities and the spirit of 1960s counterculture McMurphy struggles against strict institutional rules informed and enforced by the nurse superintendent The inmates follow these rules or suffer consequences McMurphy challenges these procedures routinely Kesey portrays individual struggle against a conformist society as a noble and meaningful task McMurphy fights within the small world of the hospital; however the struggle can be extended to the world outside of the asylum This theme of institutional conformity resonated in our group’s discussion of the novel in a narrative medicine workshop The theme extends beyond asylums and into hospital wards as well all noted the loss of individuality and dignity Workshop participants noted that patients are objectified and described by their disease or room While higher case volumes and time constraints contributed to loss of identity the hospitalization process itself and the focus on pathogenesis diagnosis and charting diminished the patient identity One participant noted that during their own hospitalization out-of-control feeling as they lived by someone else’s assessment “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” is a result of Kesey’s interest in the relationship between sanity The author was employed as a psychiatric ward attendant and later volunteered to take LSD as a research subject Kesey’s novel is more than an indictment of mental institutions—it attacks conformity and established authority in a style replete with parables and ironic commentary The novel is an important read as it confronts power inspirational account of one man’s self-sacrifice and struggle against hypocrisy and oppression The novel’s complex characters and unique settings reveal the conflict between authoritarianism and individualism mental illness remains ignored and misrepresented Attitudes regarding mental health are slowly changing Thanks to advocacy and humanitarian reform there are incremental changes happening within health care Patient-centered approaches to diagnosis and treatment plans are a hallmark of narrative medicine and they are a welcome contrast from a physician-driven biomedical as illustrated in this thought-provoking novel The DO Book Club, June 2024: ‘Autobiography of Andrew T. Still’ The DO Book Club, May 2024: ‘Perimenopause for Dummies’ Sports injuries affect athletes physically and emotionally Here’s how physicians can aid athletes’ recovery by supporting their mental health valuing the deep connections they make with patients and the impact they have on their lives One central person omitted in this commentary Spivey was controlled by Nurse Ratched and as a result Ratched was able to control the inmates by various interventions including isolation electroshock therapy and as what ultimately happened to McMurphy McMurphy is left a vegetable and the Chief must kill him to prevent his further punishment by Ratched and a supportive botched medical system Nurse Ratched is a classic example of what can happen when a physician fails to perform their job and instead allows inhuman actions to occur without intervention I greatly enjoyed playing this role which was pertinent to the practice of medicine at the time and remains so to this day Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" Lithium Metal Market Analysis: Industry Market Size Copyright © ChemAnalyst - 2020 | Terms & Conditions | Privacy Policy surrounded by family and community members of the St laughs while listening to remarks at the ceremony honoring him with the Cornell New York State Hometown Alumni Award Oct an Akwesasne native and executive director for tribal operations of the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe in Akwesasne was recognized as a community leader and presented with the Cornell New York State Hometown Alumni Award Oct Cornell vice president for university relations presents Tsiorasa Barreiro ’00 with the Cornell New York State Hometown Alumni Award at the Akwesasne Boys and Girls Club Oct The ceremony drew on historical connections between Cornell University and Native Americans in New York state as Barreiro’s extended family community gathered together Barreiro’s many connections demonstrated how the tribe’s “full circle” concept aligns with the qualities the award celebrates: that students bring their educational experiences skills and abilities with them as they return home to benefit their communities The Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe operates community programs in education nearly 10,000 of whom live within the 21-square-mile territory that sits on the border of Canada and the United States along the St Dozens of Akwesasne students have attended Cornell over the decades who earned his bachelor’s degree in communication from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences minored in Native American studies and was president of Native American Students at Cornell Barreiro worked for Cornell’s American Indian Program and served as the residence hall director of Akwe:kon on North Campus He became vice president of the fifth-largest Native American-owned company in the U.S. before moving north to Akwesasne about five years ago noted at the ceremony that Barreiro told him Cornell “exposed him to new ideas and cultivated a simultaneous appreciation for the immensity and interconnectedness of our world.” who comes from a long line of tribal leaders is active as a youth sports coach and mentor he has been instrumental in helping plan and complete projects and venues for the community from new buildings and sidewalks to park expansions and venues for programming to help children and teens make positive life choices Barreiro “is exactly the person we seek to honor with our Hometown Alumni Award,” Malina said where they presented him with a ring made by his great uncle Malina noted that Cook is a Mohawk midwife who studied at Cornell and was instrumental in a major study in the 1980s on the effects of PCBs on Mohawk children; Jose Barreiro served as associate director and editor in chief of Cornell’s Akwe:kon Press and the journal Native Americas at Cornell from 1984 to 2002 Beverly Cook and Mike Conners described Tsiorasa Barreiro’s dedication to his community and the impact he has had on the tribe for the past five years Cook noted “how he works with his team and how he creates forward momentum by the sensitivity that’s in his heart and the gentleness of his mind.” “The people I love most are here in this room,” Barreiro said “and that really means a lot.” The award from Cornell is an honor “Cornell has played a large role in my life and my family’s life It’s not just four years at school; it’s our family experience – moving to Ithaca and experiencing everything we did there.” Tsiorasa Barreiro ’00 speaks after being presented with the Cornell New York State Hometown Alumni Award Oct immersed in the Native American community at Cornell through his parents “It was really great to see these pioneering projects and the engagement with the communities take place and that’s something I hope we always continue at Cornell because of that relationship with our Indian communities in New York state,” he said Barreiro described Cornell’s long history supporting American Indian and indigenous studies from the Indian Extension Program in the 1920s to the modernization of the program in the 1970s the establishment of the Akwe:kon program house in the 1990s to the trust Cornell has built and sustained with the Haudenosaunee (Iroquios Confederacy) communities and in New York state today “I often say that here at home we do the best we can with what we have,” Barreiro said our human resources or our heartfelt feelings for one another And part of what we have is a special relationship with Cornell University “And that helps us to create better outcomes So we’re going to continue to draw upon that relationship – whether it’s Cornell Cooperative Extension the [American Indian and Indigenous Studies Program] itself Cornell will donate $500 to the Akwesasne Boys and Girls Club The Cornell University New York State Hometown Alumni Award recognizes Cornell graduates who return to their home counties or regions to start or enhance a business or nonprofit and who regularly volunteer and are making an impact in those communities Get Cornell news delivered right to your inbox UCL Centre for Nature Inspired Engineering Most everyday plastic materials are made of polymers produced from petroleum The growing global market for polymers also generates a vast amount of waste This challenges our ability to meet the demands for polymeric materials while minimising waste production There is therefore an urgent unmet need for new circular and sustainable polymers that fulfil the current role of plastics while allowing the UK to meet the targets set in the Net Zero Strategy Nature is a great source of inspiration: it uses biopolymers to self-assemble structural materials for a wide range of mechanical and structural requirements or silk) are a very appealing class of biopolymers due to their sustainability and tuneable structural or mechanical properties we can use recombinant DNA technology to create new nature-inspired structural proteins that fuse in a single biopolymer the properties of multiple structural and/or functional natural proteins to date protein-based materials are mainly researched using low-throughput trial-and-error experimentation which impedes rapid development and prototyping this project will develop a predictive toolbox that uses computational modelling to accelerate design-build-test-learn cycles for protein-based biopolymers that replace fossil-derived polymers We congratulate Diego on this grant and look forward to the exciting science that will emerge from this project will be revitalized with a real estate project that will include the restoration of the old railway station work areas and accommodation in the same space will gain a new social and commercial dynamic with private investment from Barreiro Mar The intention has been in the pipeline since 2018 but it will be closer to fruition after a concession contract was recently signed between IP Património and Barreiro Mar There will be 32,000 square meters of renovated space will allow Mainside to restoration of the Barreiro-Mar railway station transforming it into a space with a restaurant The station building will be maintained but will be open to the Tagus River with the removal of the old river pier structuresThis will be used to create new spaces for public enjoyment will be transformed into the stores and workshops but also in accommodation wagons as part of a project entitled Zero Box Lodge Barreiro Zero Box Lodge is an accommodation concept developed by Mainside in cities such as Porto and Coimbra windowless rooms where you can find only one bed; the idea is to offer spaces focused exclusively on guests' relaxation Thirty accommodation units will be created under this model in the Zero Box Lodge Barreiro which will have a privileged location next to the Tagus The Barreiro-Mar railway station began operating in 1884 and is 140 years old this year stopped operating in 2005 and the trains moved to Barreiro-A stationIt was built next door Boats stopped docking at the old station in 1995 when they moved to the current river terminal To the newspaper O SetubalenseThe Mayor of Barreiro explained that the municipality had already expressed its position to IP in 2018 "desire for the station to be transferred to the municipality" and that but there was an interested party in that concession That interested party ended up giving up and we ended up reaching Mainside with whom we had the first meeting" this interest from Mainside means "to see the buildings - especially these iconic ones - invested in and at the service of the population" the next steps will involve getting the municipality's technicians to work with the two companies (IP and Mainside) so that the council can meet with IP again in September The Socialist mayor now wants to see Quimigal's Casa da Cultura transferred to the municipality "These are iconic buildings that are owned by the state and state companies and we believe that within the municipality we'll be able to give them another destination"he explained to the same local newspaper According to the Mainside website, the Barreiro Mar project will "eliminating the distance between Lisbon and Barreiro by mobilizing and attracting the public" and will allow "welcoming a new Barreiro" "a Barreiro with personality and charisma that presents a range of services that will appeal to various audiences and communities" which will create a central hub with accommodation the aim is to create a "a unique business card for a more modern Barreiro with more power to attract audiences and at the same time with a new space designed for everyone" The redevelopment of the old train station will respect "its primary function with the necessary adaptations to current uses" But "the installation of a fresh and innovative project will create the essential buzz to bring together people with people The Zero Box Lodge Barreiro "will recreate the imagination of all those who traveled from Barreiro railway station to the Algarve - the old train lines will once again have carriages Sleeping by the river in an old carriage will be one of the most unique experiences of the rehabilitation of this space"Mainside promises a global investment that will combine accommodation with work and leisure MB Way: 933 140 217 (indicar “LPP”) Ou clica aqui Podes escrever-nos para [email protected] O LPP / Lisbon For People é um jornal local dedicado à cidade e à área metropolitana de Lisboa editado de forma totalmente independente e sem fins lucrativos ' + scriptOptions._localizedStrings.webview_notification_text + ' " + scriptOptions._localizedStrings.redirect_overlay_title + " " + scriptOptions._localizedStrings.redirect_overlay_text + " A lifetime of mentorship and invaluable learning—Jojie Loren and Akio Barreiro talks about the standards of fashion education and what it takes to be masters of one’s craftThis Designer Profile is an excerpt from MEGA’s September 2024 Issue JL: I would say that it started when I changed my course from hotel and restaurant administration to clothing technology The only thing I liked there was the cooking part there wasn’t any school providing fashion education I know of the existence of clothing technology before and that being a fabric designer involves a lot of science AB: I knew I wanted to pursue fashion as a career when I watched a documentary on Yohji Yamamoto called Notebook on Cities and Clothes by Wim Wenders and I ended up taking a different course in college After graduating from there is when I found out about F.A.B It felt like perfect timing that I finished one thing and I was planning for the next and then happened to see this school When I read the article and interviews of the mentors it really resonated with how I felt about fashion I’m a minimalist and you know I also love architectural designs I like to say that my clothes are seemingly simple but in actuality they are very complicated I think it’s very translational and referential—I like to take inspiration from movies and books JL: All my collections have been based on what I am passionate about during that time that will be the source of inspiration for me It’s very seldom that I get inspired by part of the concept but it’s not the driving force behind the collection There was a time when one of my collections was called “Rage of Gaea.” It was right after the devastating tsunami in Japan I gleaned then in history in terms of silhouettes but I developed the designs around the tsunami and the vortices I’ve been saying that my process usually starts with a reference recently I’ve been thinking about my own imagination and how to use that rather than take so much from references and then taking from that very specific imagination and then dressing that up in a way everything I’ve shown has been very much referential I like to reference subcultures and take elements from different things that I’m paying attention to It does feel very eclectic when I take from so many things I think that has been my mission so far: to express myself in a way that feels coherent It was in 2019 so it took a lot of years for them to finish I know he has a very respectable reputation As I continued in the course and got closer to Sir Jojie AB: I was wrong—first impressions don’t count pala I could see how much he cared for the craft and how much knowledge he had to impart to us I was really grateful that that first impression was in fact true Sit in and listen to the conversations of the masters in MEGA’s September 2024 issue Creative and Beauty Direction RYUJI SHIOMITSU Styling Assistants KIRK LUCAS and SHELLA LIWANAG © 2025 MEGA is a published and presented by One Mega Group, Inc., a subsidiary of AGC Power Holdings Corp. All rights reserved Purchase the Latest NACS State of the Industry Report® The convenience and fuel retailing industry’s premier benchmarking tool and the most comprehensive collection of data and trends Discover what’s next and how to get there faster The inaugural NACS Loss Prevention and Safety Symposium is the industry’s only and fully dedicated event designed exclusively for convenience retailers wholesalers and suppliers who are seeking the latest insights tools and resources that can help them proactively prepare for and mitigate risks The 2025 NACS Food Safety Forum will take place April 8 in conjunction with the NACS State of the Industry Summit and quality assurance professionals at the only industry-specific food safety event for the convenience retail community attendees will be networking with industry experts attending thought-provoking and empowering education sessions and exploring a show floor with the latest merchandise for convenience and fuel retailing technologies and best practices shaping the future of convenience retail in Europe and around the globe Don’t Forget to Renew Your Membership The award will be presented during NACS Convenience Summit Europe in Dublin ALEXANDRIA, Va.— José Barreiro, executive director of Mobility Iberia, at Repsol, is this year’s recipient of the NACS European Convenience Industry Leader of the Year Award. The award will be presented on June 1 during a special awards gala at NACS Convenience Summit Europe in Dublin “I’m honored and grateful to receive an award that is a motivator to continue pushing forward with what we all do best: serving our customers,” said Barreiro Throughout his 30-plus years with the company which ensures the promotion of efficient and sustainable mobility from technological neutrality to excellence in customer experience Barreiro believes in empowering an informed digitally and environmentally conscious customer Barreiro has promoted and led the transformation of service stations in the Repsol group with significant projects including the launch and consolidation of the Waylet loyalty and payment application which allows more than six million users to easily refuel and recharge at Repsol’s network of service stations and electric recharging points in Spain He also led the creation of the SuperCor Stop&Go convenience store network Repsol has opened one store every two days to reach nearly 600 SuperCor Stop&Go franchises in operation today Barreiro also led the creation of nearly 200 Repsol Klin areas the largest network of car washes in Spain with a fully digital network in activating machines and purchasing any car wash service Repsol is a multi-energy company with a diverse team of more than 24,000 employees across 26 countries Repsol provides its customers with the energy solutions they need for transportation The company is also leading energy transition with a goal to become net zero by 2050 “The individual who is chosen as the Convenience European Industry Leader of the Year best personifies excellence dedication and influence within the convenience retail community,” said Henry O “This year’s award recognizes and honors the contributions José has made to his business his customers and the communities that Repsol serves.” The NACS Convenience Summit Europe is taking place 30 May–1 June in Dublin, Ireland. 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Visit convenience.org/CSE for more information and to register Some moments will forever be etched into the brains of Minnesota sports fans forever Things really started to get interesting around the 12:30 mark when Dan asks a question about Ryan Suter and only gets better from there But it was the questions about Marc-Andre Fleury vs Cam Talbot and Matt Dumba vs Kevin Fiala that really set Billy off I included a few of the quotes below the video All I hear is Matt [Dumba] getting dumped on and And people want people want to ride him out of town because Kevin [Fiala] had three good months I know there are a lot of ‘experts’ out there Just be careful when you’re commenting on guys on our team when you hear from ‘they’ or ‘somebody who told me’ Because ‘they’ don’t know what’s going on ‘They’ don’t know the conversations we have with other teams ‘They’ are full of crap.” I’m done hearing ‘this guy’s gotta go’ We have to make educated decisions.” “Tell ‘they’ that they don’t know what the hell they’re talking about and you call me.” I don’t know if Dan woke up this morning hoping to get into a verbal altercation with the Minnesota Wild’s general manager but you could hear the happiness in his voice the longer the conversation drug on You know it’s a good interview when half of your body desperately wants to shut it off while the other half wants to see how hostile the interaction will get Could we see an angry hangup from the normally well-collected Guerin Barreiro eventually threw him a life raft with some late jokes that helped bring Billy G out of his spiral of rage Had the seasoned interviewer continued pushing it was a memorable moment for those who caught it live Billy’s “I’m pissed off” interview will only add to Barreiro’s local (already HOF) media resume You can’t be a successful professional sports executive until you’ve put a good rant on record Eric Strack | Minnesota Sports Fan More About: Please select what you would like included for printing: Copy the text below and then paste that into your favorite email application This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply Service map data © OpenStreetMap contributors a longtime Twin Cities criminal defense attorney known for his unparalleled record of success Friedberg took part in over 300 trials and became known as a frequent expert commentator for various media outlets.  In a post announcing Friedberg's death KFAN FM 100.3 talk-show host Dan Barreiro described Friedberg as "fearless" and "fascinating."  "We are losing too many of our finest," Barreiro wrote.  According to Friedberg's website his has firm emerged victorious on a remarkable number of criminal cases including winning over 97% of felony sex cases and winning 89% of the time in other cases.  "This means that the vast majority of Joe Friedberg’s clients walk out the back door when the jury announces its verdict, a remarkable feat in a field where the odds are often stacked against defendants," his website states they’ve only managed to win 70% of the time against Joe."  Credit: JFriedbergLaw The news of his death has brought remembrances from other Twin Cities attorneys as well as those who've tuned in for his legal commentary over the decades.  "An absolute legendary defense attorney truly one of a kind," wrote attorney Robert Kringler.  Born in 1937, Friedberg died at the age of 86 or 87.  saying he'd killed the mother of his child which features a swimming beach and splash pad in the venerable Farmers and and Mechanics Savings Bank building while KFAN continued to gain share as the football season heats up Leandro Barreiro has become the fourth player from Luxembourg's national men's football team to play in the UEFA Champions League, following his transfer from Mainz 05 to S.L. Benfica. Notably, he is the first Luxembourg player to advance to the tournament's knockout rounds. When asked about his post-match analysis, Barreiro admitted it was difficult to assess the game immediately after the final whistle. He praised Benfica's effort but acknowledged the team's struggles against Barcelona's offensive and defensive prowess. Regarding his own performance, Barreiro noted his limited playing time and the challenging circumstances when he entered the match. On the experience of watching from the sidelines, Barreiro stated the importance of being ready to contribute whenever called upon. "As a player, you have to accept that sometimes you play from the start and sometimes you don't", he said, adding: "the key is to help your team when you're on the pitch". Slide to view the photos from Day Two action at the World Athletics U20 Championships, Lima 24 / 27-31 August 2024 from the Estadio la Videna, Lima, Peru. Yomi is the founder and CEO at AthleticsAfrica Inc. - Africa's premier track and field website. A multi award-winning editor, journalism innovator, media trainer, sports and digital transformation consultant. Luxembourg international Leandro Barreiro on Saturday helped Benfica win the Taca de Portugal final against Sporting CP by scoring in the penalty shootout. Traditionally held in the central city of Leiria, the final saw both teams from Lisbon tie 1-1, with a penalty shootout immediately following the final whistle after 90 minutes. Barreiro, who was brought on in minute 72, was able to display his skillset and helped Benfica take a 6-5 intermediate lead. Ultimately, Benfica won the game 7-6 and rejoiced in their first title win of the season. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Leandro Barreiro Martins (@barreiro.martins) An Army veteran who was awarded a Purple Heart and deployed eight times to the wars in Iraq received a newly constructed home last week in Bartow’s Liberty Ridge neighborhood through a partnership with Operation Finally Home who suffers from physical and neurological damage from his combat injuries said he looks forward to spending time at the home with his wife Barreiro said the environment in Bartow is much better than the place in Central Florida where he was raised by his mother until her untimely death from breast cancer So he was wary of returning to the region where he lived until middle school 'Most fun you can have in an airplane'Pilots and aircraft trickle in to Sun 'n Fun Central Polk ParkwayConstruction begins on 6.5-mile extension of Polk Parkway to U.S. 17. Here's what we know Wastewater spillsFDEP fines Haines City $157K “The environment I grew up in is not what I wanted for my kids and Bartow is a different area than what I grew up in,” Barreiro said “We’re just really excited to be back in that area especially considering we have a little one that we adopted and the opportunities the schools there are going to afford to her are paramount to us,” he said “We think that it happened for a reason,” Barreiro said “We believe we’re exactly where we need to be.”   They have friends and family in Orlando and Tampa so they can easily visit both from Polk County And he likes the schools he and his wife have visited so far for their youngest of four daughters “Bartow is actually giving us more opportunities than I think we would have had even in Fort Myers for our little one and our family,” he said the small town of Murphy had meant two-hour drives to health care facilities but Bartow has similar facilities in closer proximity He and his family were awarded the land and house through Operation Finally Home His was the third and final mortgage-free lot in Liberty Ridge donated by Winter Haven-based Harold “Reggie” Baxter of H.R The home was built and donated by Lennar Homes through its partnership with Operation Finally Home Barreiro enlisted in 1999 after high school graduation and would complete eight combat deployments during Operation Iraqi Freedom between 2003 and 2011 a press release by Operation Finally Home said His years of military service took a toll on his body he was injured and temporarily paralyzed from the waist down And during his deployments he was shot and suffered several other injuries he was assigned to The Old Guard at Fort Myer in Virginia and later requested an assignment at Arlington National Cemetery conducting services and honoring the nation’s fallen The assignment led to years of community service to veterans and at-risk youth He and his family would visit soldiers at Walter Reed Hospital who were injured or terminally ill He also joined organizations that helped him with his own health issues and participated in an extensive study on traumatic brain injury awarded to those who were wounded in combat Barreiro has received several other awards during his 20 years of service two Global War on Terrorism Medals and a NATO Medal His military experience has given him structure in life − something he has passed on to his older daughters − as well as the opportunity for him to pursue two college degrees The former professional fighter also wants to help others what my wife and I have wanted to do is help others," Barreiro said "So what we're really looking forward to doing when we get down there is maybe starting an outreach program through martial arts." He said another possibility is helping other veteran families secure a home through a nonprofit organization Operation Finally Home is a Tennessee-based nonprofit that has helped more than 250 families move into mortgage-free homes in 33 states Metrics details Matters Arising to this article was published on 19 February 2025 An Author Correction to this article was published on 15 January 2025 This article has been updated To identify loci that may have been under selection during the Black Death we characterized genetic variation around immune-related genes from 206 ancient DNA extracts stemming from two different European populations before Immune loci are strongly enriched for highly differentiated sites relative to a set of non-immune loci We identify 201 variants that are highly differentiated within the London dataset Combining evidence from during the Black Death rs2549794 near ERAP2 emerges as the strongest candidate for positive selection The selected allele at rs2549794 is associated with the production of a full-length (versus truncated) ERAP2 transcript pestis and increased ability to control intracellular Y we show that protective variants overlap with alleles that are today associated with increased susceptibility to autoimmune diseases providing empirical evidence for the role played by past pandemics in shaping present-day susceptibility to disease Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout Scripts for all data analyses are available at github.com/TaurVil/VilgalysKlunk_yersinia_pestis/ A Correction to this paper has been published: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-08522-6 Signatures of environmental genetic adaptation pinpoint pathogens as the main selective pressure through human evolution A draft genome of Yersinia pestis from victims of the Black Death 1346–1353: The Complete History (Boydell Press Population genetic tools for dissecting innate immunity in humans Natural selection and infectious disease in human 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Demographia http://www.demographia.com/dm-lon31.htm (2001) A global reference for human genetic variation Download references We thank all members of the Barreiro laboratory and the Poinar laboratory for their constructive comments and feedback Tung for her comments and edits to the manuscript Computational resources were provided by the University of Chicago Research Computing Center Sequencing was performed at the Farncombe Sequencing Facility McMaster University We thank the Cytometry and Biomarkers platform at the Institut Pasteur for support in conducting this study Petitdemange for help running the Luminex assay Zhang for assistance in simulating allele frequency changes under neutral evolution This work was supported by grant R01-GM134376 to L.B.B. a grant from the Wenner-Gren Foundation to J.F.B Center for Interdisciplinary Study of Inflammatory Intestinal Disorders (C-IID) (NIDDK P30 DK042086) The SSHRC Insight Development Grant supported the collection of the Danish samples (430-2017-01193) 20008499 from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) and The Canadian Institute for Advanced Research under the Humans and the Microbiome programme Steinrücken were supported by grant R01GM146051 We also thank the University of Chicago Genomics Facility (RRID:SCR_019196) Poinar for continued support and manuscript suggestions and editing These authors contributed equally: Jennifer Klunk These authors jointly supervised this work: Hendrik N Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine Carl R Woese Institute for Genomic Biology University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign DeGroote Institute of Infectious Disease Research designed the enrichment assays and generated ancient genomic data performed all analyses to estimate selection coefficients under the supervision of M performed challenge experiments with macrophages and heat-killed Y Dumaine performed the infection experiments on PBMCs and generated the single-cell RNA-sequencing data performed and designed the infection experiments with live Y pestis on macrophages and generated both cytokine and CFU data designed the probes to quantify the isoform encoding the short version of ERAP2 and M.I.P provided additional sampling and bioinformatic processing and cluster maintenance provided insight on targeted enrichment and modified versions of baits used for immune enrichment provided genomic input on loci and contributed financially to the sequencing of targets declare financial interest in Daicel Arbor Biosciences which provided the myBaits hybridization capture kits for this work All other authors declare no competing interests reviewer(s) for their contribution to the peer review of this work Publisher’s note Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations whereas our data differentiation at immune loci exceeded the 99th percentile of neutral variants at 4.3x the rate expected by chance the same enrichment is less than 1.4x in the simulated data (A) Distributions of \({\hat{s}}_{{\rm{MLE}}}\) for rs2549794 the strongest candidate for positive selection when replicates are simulated based on the bootstrapped allele frequency distributions as initial conditions and bootstrap-corrected estimates \({\widetilde{s}}_{{\rm{MLE}}}\) Whiskers on the violin plots label the 2.5- and 97.5-percentiles of their respective distributions (B) ROC and (C) Precision-Recall curves for the estimation procedure to distinguish replicates under selection from those under neutrality The first principal component clearly separates stimulated samples from matched controls pestis stimulation compared between heat-killed Y with a blue line representing the best fit line (r = 0.88) (B) compares effect sizes at genes near candidates for positive selection profiled in both expression datasets (red: heat-killed; purple: live bacteria) Error bars represent the standard error in estimating the effect size Asterisks placed near the point estimate of each value represent the significance: *** p < 0.001; ** p < 0.01; * p < 0.05 measured the gene expression response of monocyte-derived macrophages to infection with two live intracellular bacteria: Listeria monocytogenes (a Gram-positive bacterium) and Salmonella typhimurium (a Gram-negative bacterium) characterized the transcriptional response at 6 h of primary monocytes to bacterial and viral stimuli ligands activating Toll-like receptor pathways (TLR1/2 pestis are the fold change responses observed in response to heat-killed bacteria A negative estimate in plot (purple) indicates that the gene is downregulated and a positive value (red) indicates that the gene is up-regulated The statistical support for the reported changes is given by the associated p values Larger circle sizes represent smaller p values and empty circles refer to cases where the gene was not expressed in that dataset the protective “C” haplotype increases expression in all conditions (p < 0.001) UMAP projection of single-cell RNA sequencing data of non-infected cells and cells infected with live Y Major immune cell types cluster separately and cells are colored by the cell type to which they were assigned For each cell type profiled using single-cell RNA sequencing A negative estimate (purple) indicates that the gene is downregulated and a positive value (red) indicates that the gene is up-regulated Larger circle sizes represent smaller p values and empty circles refer to cases where the gene was not expressed in that cell type Bioanalyzer traces showing the results of the PCR amplification of cDNA across the exon 10 splice junction from macrophages of 10 individuals with different genotypes for the slice variant rs2248374 The genotype of each individual is shown on top A negative PCR control was also performed using water The G allele at rs2248374 is predicted to produce an elongated exon 10 containing two premature stop codons (red rectangles) The time axis serves as an approximate reference of the relative sampling times for the empirical samples Dashed vertical lines indicate the relative sampling time for each group of samples considered in the analysis and the floating boxes with orange and blue dots represent pools of samples from a bi-allelic locus Above and below the time axis are sketches that respectively correspond to the simulation scheme and the likelihood computations The shaded red horizontal tree represents the population-continuity along approximate time (x-axis) with the Black Death pandemic occurring in the dark shaded period The shortened branch with a skull at the end represents people who died of the disease ∆p and −∆p mark the respective changes of allele frequency during the pandemic in the mid-pandemic and post-pandemic sample pools each horizontal straight line represents a sampling scheme from which a likelihood was computed Lightning bolts labeled with s or −s represent the selection coefficients 2 (Power to identify protective alleles against Black Death) 3 (Log-likelihood as a function of the selection coefficient s for each target SNP) and Fig 4 (Distributions of \({\hat{s}}_{{\rm{MLE}}}\) for simulated data starting with the pre-pandemic frequencies of the four target SNPs) Supplementary Table 1 (Individuals sampled for ancient DNA analysis) Table 3 (hg18 positions targeted in Exon captures) Table 5 (Estimates of selection coefficients) Table 6 (Changes in gene expression following Y Table 9 (Colony-forming unit data) and Table 10 (Interaction effects between ERAP2 genotype and Y a society or other partner) holds exclusive rights to this article under a publishing agreement with the author(s) or other rightsholder(s); 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